Daily Archive: Monday, April 10, 2023

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) today expressed concern over reports of poor arrangements for the  Guyanese athletes who participated in the Carifta Games in The Bahamas.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) today extended  congratulations to the young athletes representing Guyana at the CARIFTA Games.

(Reuters) – Five people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting attack today at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the city’s police department said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba will hold another round of migration talks on Wednesday, officials said, as the Biden administration braces for the end of COVID-era border restrictions that have blocked Cubans in recent months from crossing into the U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Less than 24 hours after the St Andrew South police urged the most wanted men in the division to turn themselves in, a massive police/military operation was launched in search of them.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – There is no such thing as illegal trafficking of fentanyl between China and Mexico, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, responding to a letter from the Mexican president asking Beijing to help limit illicit flows of the deadly drug.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at around 2 am yesterday on the access road at Enmore, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Public Works should be applauded for issuing an ultimatum to businesses to remove trucks and trailers on the city’s roadways.

By Shuntel Glasgow Residents of a section of Campbellville are at their wits end with regard to the noise pollution that emanates from nearby business places, but mostly from a night spot operating from a caravan that seems not to have a closing time.

When the RHVE Consortium’s audit is completed, it should reflect that ExxonMobil credited the cost bank $263,899 for a number of charges including its public relations work, since the IHS Markit audit had revealed that the company promised to do so in 2020, as those expenses are not recoverable.

King’s Hotel and Residence has commenced construction of its second branded hotel in the heart of the city as it expands its presence in the hospitality sector.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara in Region Four about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram is in plea negotiations with US authorities as it relates to his five-count indictment that accuses him of conspiring to import at least 150 kilogrammes of a substance containing cocaine, according to documents seen by this newspaper.

— as Team Guyana wins three more medals on penultimate day In a rare and historic feat, standout athlete, Anisha Gibbons, completed her third successive gold medal performance at the CARIFTA Games yesterday in The Bahamas. 

Incoming Member of Parliament Dr Asha Kissoon aims to utilise her seat in the National Assembly to lobby for constitutional reform and championing transparency in public office.

President Dr. Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that $45M will be soon invested on farm roads in Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi, Region Nine, a Department of Information (DPI) release has said.

By Troy Peters Guyana men and women’s Under-21 teams will begin their quest for championship honours when the Junior Pan American outdoor hockey championships open today at the National Hockey Centre in St.

The Rupununi Livestock Association received a boost on Saturday when Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai presented it with a $1 million cheque to support its ongoing development of agriculture.

Elite League outfit Ann’s Grove and Dynamic FC recorded wins when the East Coast Reunion Cup resumed Saturday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces.

The Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is set to hold its 6th Quadrennial Session from April 12-14, 2023, under the theme “Anchored in His Promises, Advancing His Purposes” at the Central Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Mike Mangal continued to display tremendous form winning his third tournament of the season, the Bruster Real Ice Cream and Qualitea Café Cup  tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club on Saturday.

West Indies U19 player Releanna Grimmond’s spearheaded Berbice to the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Super50 title yesterday with a fine all round performance at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.

A new well that is to be drilled is expected to provide potable water to all residents of Parishara in Region Nine, according to a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, The issuance of a wanted bulletin for 71-year-old Tacuma Ogunseye, three weeks after the infraction, sequestering him in shackles (as reported by Demerarawaves), and then identifying the WPA executive as a “Negro” is not the kind of image that should ever be projected in modern Guyana.

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi and Omani delegations held talks with Houthi officials in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday, Houthi-run media said, as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to end its military involvement in the country’s long-running war.

Transport Sports Club will meet with the Georgetown Cricket Club tomorrow in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Government of Guyana (GOG) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), Under-19 Inter-Club Super-50 tournament.

A twelve-year-old is currently hospitalised at the Suddie Public Hospital after she was hit down by a car yesterday on the Golden Fleece Public Road shortly after she left robotics classes conducted at a church.

(Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Saturday he is seeking the pardon of an Uber driver convicted of murder a day earlier in the July 2020 shooting death of a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, the state capital.

Dear Editor, As a medical intern, Dr. Madhu Singh was my supervising Consultant, thus I do have the greatest of respect for her.

Santa Rosa, Carmel, Mackenzie High, and East Ruimveldt clinched quarterfinal berths in the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship, after round of 16 victories yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – Canadian police arrested and charged a male suspect after what they called a “hate-motivated incident” at a mosque in the province of Ontario on Thursday in which he allegedly drove toward a worshipper and yelled threats and religious slurs, police said on Sunday.

Floor It Guyana, which specializes in hardwood flooring, was awarded the 2023 BIZX America Award for Best Import/Export Company at a ceremony held in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 5th, 2023.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Non Pariel East Coast Demerara are faced with a gruesome problem that is causing fear and uncertainty emanating from heavy duty trucks laden with sand, pebbles, etc.,

Dear Editor, To invite the press less than two hours before his Leonora outreach last weekend which obviously was planned for several weeks is clumsy, offensive, and insulting to all Guyanese, especially the members of the media, known as the fourth estate.

(Trinidad Express) A PENAL man was shot and killed, and his body was dumped on a desolated road a few kilometres away from his home on Saturday morning.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Four people have died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Ramadan prayers and Jewish Passover visits at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound passed without incident on Sunday, after days of tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site which led to cross-border exchanges of fire.

Dear Editor, Mainstream media carried letters to the editor headlined: ‘GECOM has once again contrived to appoint a PPP/C preferred candidate to a senior position.’

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St James police are reporting that they have solved the August 2022 murder of Anthony Junior Williams, otherwise called ‘Sunny T’, using “exceptional investigative skills” and ballistic science.

By Anya A. A. Lorde Anya A. A. Lorde is an Attorney-at-Law called to the Bar to practice in Barbados since October 2016.

Border World Court rules against Venezuela’s preliminary objection on border case: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last Thursday ruled in Guyana’s favour that its case before it seeking to affirm the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award settling the boundaries between it and Venezuela is admissible; and that the United Kingdom has no place in the proceedings as Caracas has sought to argue.

(Reuters) – Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they hoped to soon reclaim their seats.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Arsenal’s grip on the Premier League title race was loosened as Liverpool produced a storming comeback to snatch a 2-2 draw in super-charged clash at a raucous Anfield yesterday.

Dear Editor, With dismay, I monitored the situation involving the day care and the toddler’s death.

The Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors earned road wins yesterday, clinching the last two automatic Western Conference playoff berths on the final day of the regular season.

When Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters Tournament in nine years in 2005 by the age of 29, the question wasn’t whether he’d equal Jack Nicklaus’ total of six green jackets — but how many more would he win.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four Maloney men remained hospitalised following a mass shooting on Saturday afternoon.

KOWLOON, Hong Kong, CMC – Retired West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin struck a half-century and grabbed two wickets in a Player-of-the-Match performance, as she propelled Barmy Army to a 17-run victory over Hayley Matthews’s Warriors in the Fairbreak Invitational here yesterday.

The Official Gazette on Saturday announced the names of 28 veterinarians who have been registered to practice veterinary medicine in Guyana for 2023.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – Sunil Narine starred with ball but then failed with the bat, along with Andre Russell, but Kolkata Knight Riders withstood Alzarri Joseph’s excellence to chase down a difficult target in a grand-stand finish here yesterday.

An interesting article appeared in December 2017 in MoneyWatch on why the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails as a measure of well-being.

President Irfaan Ali recently presented a family of seven, whose home was destroyed in a fire, with a new home at Parikwarinanu.

In the wake of last week’s rubbish fire, which spread to a house and caused the death of a man, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is reminding the general public that open burning of garbage is prohibited.